A review by the_gandy_man
A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir

2.5

Every aspect of this book is like the worst part of a good book. The plot is really boring. Basically nothing interesting happens until near the end. The characters are, like, fine? I wouldn't go as far as to say I like any of them. The prose helps the minute-to-minute experience in being about as boring as the overall story. The double love triangle is excruciating. I don't give a single shit about any of the romance. It feels like Mockingjay in that regard. The world is super generic. Very little feels unique. There's a lot of Arabic-inspired stuff but all the names of things are just European words. The little magic stuff could be interesting, but it occupies an extremely small portion of the story. It feels like in future books we'll learn about why some characters have magic powers and why it's only the main characters and what that has to do with the Efreets or whatever, but that shit ain't in this book. There's no aspect of this book that is better than just fine, and so the book is pretty mid. I might continue with the series if I need an audiobook, but I don't really want to.